fredag 6 november 2015

The Scorpion Rules - Erin Bow

A world battered by
climate shift and war turns to an ancient method of keeping peace: the
exchange of hostages. The Children of Peace - sons and daughters of
kings and presidents and generals - are raised together in small,
isolated schools called Preceptures. There, they learn history and
political theory, and are taught to gracefully accept what may well be
their fate: to die if their countries declare war.

Greta
Gustafsen Stuart, Duchess of Halifax and Crown Princess of the Pan-Polar
Confederation, is the pride of the North American Precepture. Learned
and disciplined, Greta is proud of her role in keeping the global peace,
even though, with her country controlling two-thirds of the world’s
most war-worthy resource — water — she has little chance of reaching
adulthood alive.

Enter Elián Palnik, the Precepture’s newest
hostage and biggest problem. Greta’s world begins to tilt the moment
she sees Elián dragged into the school in chains. The Precepture’s
insidious surveillance, its small punishments and rewards, can make no
dent in Elián, who is not interested in dignity and tradition, and
doesn’t even accept the right of the UN to keep hostages.

What will happen to Elián and Greta as their two nations inch closer to war?

Okay, now I HAVE to read this. I mean, a lovable villain? I need more of those in my life! I'm also a sucker for endings that break your heart just a little. I haven't been overly interested in this one but it does sound interesting and I must know more about this surprising romance.